CVE-2026-0304 json
Cortex XDR Broker VM: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
published 2026-09-10 1 mo ago modified 2026-09-11 59 d ago also EUVD-2026-75268
- cvss
- 4.8
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM enables an authenticated low privileged user with man-in-the-middle (MitM) access to execute code with root privileges on the Broker VM.
Patch / fix
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM 32.0.52
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 1 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 4.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
| CNA | 4.0 | 4.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber |
Affected products
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR Broker VM
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
References
-
security.paloaltonetworks.com
/CVE-2026-0304
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-0304
- NVD CVE-2026-0304
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.